Jobs and Funding Opportunities

The Research Director will work collaboratively with the Executive Director, the Research Center Manager and the Lake Science Advisory Board to build the Center’s innovative research program. This will require bringing the candidate’s existing research to the Center and developing new research projects to advance the mission. The Director will also maintain, strengthen, and expand research partnerships with academic and private researchers, policy makers, and the many user groups that the Center attracts. These relationships are essential to the innovative interdisciplinary research for lake and watershed sustainability. Review of applications will begin on March 16, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled.

This research position is part of the Newfoundland Labrador Boreal Ecosystem Latitudinal Transect (NL-BELT) research network and platform (https://www.esd.mun.ca/nl-belt/) and also linked with a new NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant in collaboration with the Canadian Forest Service. Applications will be reviewed and accepted until the position is filled.

We seek a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow who is experienced in application of models to aquatic systems and who can be part of a team involved in research into lake water quality. The position is based in the Environmental Research Institute of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Waikato. The duration is two years with opportunity for renewal based on performance. This position will remain open until filled. Preferred start date: March 2016.

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join us in a collaborative project addressing ecological effects of light pollution on lakes. Review of applications will start shortly and will continue until the position has been filled. However, applications are best received by 20 February 2016 for full consideration.

Grand Challenges in Biology Postdoctoral Program
Application Deadline: February 1, 2016 Start date: May - August 2016 or as negotiated.

The interdisciplinary program in Ecology and Environmental Sciences (EES) at the University of Maine (in Orono, Maine) seeks applicants for a 12-month Lecturer position with a July 2016 start date. Review of applications will begin March 1, 2016 and continue until a suitable pool of applicants is found.

PhD-student position in biology/limnology with focus on modelling of the functioning of inland waters for global biogeochemical cycles at the Dept. of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology, Uppsala University, Sweden. The PhD-project will be closely linked to the EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - Innovative Training Network “C-Cascades (Carbon Cascades from Land to Ocean in the Anthropocene)”. Active participation in the network GLEON is required. Accepting applications now until February 8, 2016.

The Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology (EEOB) seeks a limnologist specializing in the biogeochemistry, eutrophication, food webs, and/or restoration of lakes. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the growth of aquatic sciences at ISU, establishing a major, externally-funded research program and contribute to undergraduate and graduate education, including teaching in aquatic ecology. Full consideration will be given to applications received before January 15, 2016. For more information on this position, please see the full posting at https://www.iastatejobs.com/postings/16326.

The inter-university research centre for aquatic ecosystems research WasserCluster Lunz (WCL) invites excellent young scientists to apply for the WCL PostDoc Fellowship Program: in biodiversity of plankton communities, biofilm and stream ecosystem research, river floorplain and restoration ecology, and food web ecology & aquatic lipid biochemistry. Click the post to see more details. Please send application materials in English by 21 December 2015.